WTA Sports Awards 2019

WEDNESDAY 19, JUNE 2019

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THE WHISTLE HAS BLOWN THE START TO ANOTHER SEASON OF WINTER SPORT IN WAIRARAPA, AND ONCE AGAIN THE TRUST HOUSE FOUNDATION IS PROVING TO BE A MAJOR PLAYER Already this year Trust House has approved nearly $200,000 in grants for the four main winter codes hockey, netball, rugby and football. Development is the common thread for each of the code’s use of the money.

Wairarapa-Bush Rugby Union chief executive Tony Hargood says his organisation is seeing “real benefits” from the way they are using Trust House’s funding, which this year is $50,000.

WBRU divide the grant over three initiatives with the junior and “rippa” programme getting the lion’s share of the spoils. The aim is to get primary and intermediate age kids engaged in rugby as early as possible, Hargood says.

Such is the growth of rippa rugby, schools are now putting it into their calendars as part of their sports curriculum. This is feeding through to the next tier with youngsters, who perhaps weren’t interested in playing rugby, now coming onboard as a result of their positive experiences playing rippa, Hargood says.

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Saturday rugby across all schools now exceeds 2,300, well ahead of where it was just a few years ago, he says.

The other two initiatives are referee recruitment at college level, and also health and safety and overall well-being which is part of a nationwide strategy.

As the region’s flagship football club, Wairarapa United chairperson Gill Flower says they also put a lot of emphasis on development. Their $40,000 grant enables the club to roll out its ‘football in the communities programme’ in schools and clubs across the region which is teaching kids not only football specific skills but teamwork skills as well.

Flower says the club has a genuine aim of wanting to provide a pathway for local players to become good enough to progress to a higher level, but without having to leave the district to do so.

“We are starting to see some real benefits from what we are doing with plenty of boys and girls coming through the ranks and playing their way into higher teams,” she says.

Hockey is benefiting from two branches $17,500 for the association to assist with the work of the regional development officer; and a further $15,000 for the Dalefield Hockey club to help towards high performance players to continue to play hockey in the 2019 season.

A trailblazer of local sport, Wairarapa Hockey has been setting the benchmark for more than 20 years, firstly with the development of the hockey complex at Clareville, and in more recent years, innovations in competition formats.

Wairarapa Hockey executive officer Kelly Govan says a new initiative last year to play more junior school competition midweek has seen a jump in playing numbers. Boys in particular have spiked with many of them participating in multiple sports throughout the week, Govan says.

“Trust House have supported hockey for a number of years and without them hockey in Wairarapa would not be in the position where it is now,” Govan says.

The Wairarapa Trust House Netball Centre in Masterton is also getting an injection of money with a grant of $55,000. Owned and governed by the Bring it to Colombo Trust, the majority of the money will go towards installing two multiuse indoor sports nets under the big roof at the Colombo Road facility.

Bring it to Colombo Trust chairperson Luther Toloa says the whole ethos behind the redevelopment of the Colombo Road netball courts was to create a community facility for multipurpose use.

“Netball will always have the first call, as it is their facility. But a facility that size must always look to find ways of catering for different users as well,” Toloa says.

With the retractable nets becoming available, baseball, cricket, football and tennis are all potential users, he says, with line makings for the various sports also being painted.

In addition to the four codes receiving grants, the Wairarapa College Sports Foundation has been awarded a grant of $20,000.

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Amelia Malcolm-Solly is an 11-year-old student She is a specialised showing rider and has been nominated for her equestrian achievements. She was awarded one title at Horse of the Year and three titles at the National Horse and Pony Show. Amelia has trained and produced her ponies from green, newly-broken-in 3-yearolds to the accomplished mounts she rides today. She is extremely dedicated to her Equestrian sport. Her goal for this season is to represent New Zealand in Australia.

In 2018 Jackson Sargent won the New Zealand Wrestling Championship for 10-13 years under 57kg and was named the New Zealand Club Champion in his class. He was also the North Island Wrestling Champion for 10-13 years under 57kg. Jackson represents the Featherston Wrestling Club.

Jackson was captain of the Wairarapa-Bush under-12 reps, ÿ nished third in the 11-years backstroke at the Wairarapa primary school championships and played softball for the Giants under-13 team.

Lyon Rodger is a talented athlete with impressive achievements regionally and nationally. At the Wellington Athletics Junior Championships he came ÿ rst in the 100m, 200m and 400m.

Lyon was selected as part of an Auckland Athletics team to compete against NSW Athletics in Sydney. There Lyon achieved a Gold medal in high jump, bronze in the 400m and bronze in 4x400 relay. Lyon was second in the Year 7 Boys Wellington Regional Cross-Country and represented Wellington at the Inter-Regional Cross-Country. Lyon was also a U12 Wairarapa-Bush Rugby Representative.

Samuel has had an incredible 2018/19 cricket season for Wairarapa Reps, Masterton Intermediate School and Red Star. Combined, Samuel scored 1199 runs, averaging an impressive 149.88 with the bat.

His Wairarapa Representative batting average alone was 124. He scored nine 50s, and two 100s, with a highest score of 129 not out in a 20-over game. Along with this feat, he also took 30 wickets with the ball. He was the Captain of the Wairarapa Rep cricket side, which won 11 out of 12 matches.

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Ben Taylor

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Ben Taylor competed with success throughout the year at ÿ eld events in Wairarapa, regional and national events.

At the 2018 NZSS Athletics Championships in Dunedin Ben was 2nd in the Javelin T/F20 Senior and 1st in the Discus Senior T/F20. Ben also won gold medal at the North Island Secondary School Championships in Whanganui in the Senior Para II Javelin [new meet record], Shot Put, and Discus.

Hannah van Wijk was selected in the 2018 ParaSwimming NZ National development squad. This means that Hannah attended development camps with the squad in Auckland and Rotorua. She was then selected to attend a development camp in Australia in February of 2019 and competed in the Victorian Championships in Melbourne.

This was her ÿrst international competition and was part of the 2019 Para Swimming World Series. At this event Hannah’s best placing for her ÿrst international event was 11th in the 50m Backstroke. Hannah has medalled regularly at national events.

Jack Lewington’s major sport is Athletics. At the 2019 New Zealand Champs, Jack came ÿ rst in the U17 Men CP (Cerebral Palsy) long jump and was 2nd in the U17 Men CP 100m, 200m, and shot put. Jack received similar results during the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Champs, where he placed 2nd in the U16 Boys CP 100m, 200m, long jump, and shot put. Jack also qualiÿ ed and competed at the North Island Secondary School Athletic Champs and came 1st in the CP Boys 100m, 200m, and long jump, and 2nd in the CP Boys shot put.

Josh Taylor has had an outstanding year in Para Athletics events. At the New Zealand Track and Field Champs Josh was 3rd in the Para Open 400m and 2nd in the Para Open Long Jump. At the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Josh won the T20 400m, was 2nd in the T20 100m and 200m and was 3rd in the long jump. Josh also 1st in the Para T20 2000m at the NZ Secondary Schools CrossCountry Champs in Taupo.

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